Martin Lawrence and Will Smith return to set for “Bad Boys 3”

"It's official. Bad Boys for life."

Credit: Columbia Pictures

The Bad Boys franchise was born 23 years ago, in 1995, and after the sequel came to screens in 2003 its been a long wait for the next instalment. A series of action comedy films that follows two Miami detectives, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have returned to set for “Bad Boys 3”, taking to Instagram to share their excitement with fans.

Originally planned to drop in 2017, Esquireconfirmed the new release date and plot, set to go into production in 2019.

“The film will see Lawrence’s character Marcus Burnett working as a private eye after a falling out with Smith’s Mike Lowery, who is going through a midlife crisis as a bachelor who finally wants to mature, all while dealing with a new and young cocky partner who is loyal to Lowery but that loyalty is not reciprocated, and finds bond with Burnett when he returns to the fray.”

“Lowery and Burnett are brought together again when a lean, mean, skilled, Albanian mercenary with a vendetta puts a death order on Lowery and Burnett for the death of his brother. Now the two must work together once again to bring him down.”

Expected to release in January 2020, we still have a long wait ahead. Stay tuned for more info.

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